Facial Recognition is required to use almost all public services in China including cell phones.
Category: Identity Theft
Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever
Voice Phishing Scams Are Getting More Clever Stay Alert, Stay Armed and Stay Dangerous!
Surveillance State: The FBI’s Secret Biometric Database
FBI wants to keep secret who’s stored in its massive biometric database The FBI said it would retain the data to “aid in establishing patterns of activity” to help discover new criminals when they arise. The FBI is proposing keeping information that it stores as part of a massive biometric database private — even to…
Cyber-Warfare: Policing The Dark Web and How it Can Effect National Sovereignty
Cops hack into foreign computers to find cyber criminals As crime continues to proliferate on the so-called dark web, law enforcement agencies are sometimes having to work outside of their jurisdiction. When a suspected criminal acts on the dark web, authorities are unlikely to know where in the world he or she is physically located….
Fingerprint Spoofing: Yeah there’s An App for That
So That Thumbprint Thing on Your Phone Is Useless Now Researchers found a cheap, easy way to copy your fingerprints a few months after millions of Americans had theirs stolen by hackers. Last year, when the Office of Personnel Management notified 22 million people that their personal information was compromised in a massive data breach, one…
Why You Should More Afraid of Apple than the Feds
I know I suggest this book alot, but you need to read Future Crimes by Marc Goodman. It will absolutely open your eyes to how companies like Apple, Microsoft and the thousands of other Data Brokers out there COLLECT your personal, private information and then treat it as a valuable commodity to be bought and…
Surprise! Last Years IRS Hack was Way Worse Than They Let On
WHEN THE IRS first reported a hack that exposed taxpayer accounts’ vulnerable information, it pegged the number of affected people at a little over 100,000. Today, in its second upward revision, the number of affected people now stands at over 700,000. The Hack As WIRED originally reported last spring, the hack gave attackers access to…